 London to Jordan overland. |
AfricaAntarcticaAsiaCentral America CaribbeanEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaOceaniaSouth AmericaOceans and SeasLondon to Jordan overland.Topic Type: Tour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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AlexaFollen Alexa Follen Post Count: 3 Msg: #1 36 weeks ago, April 22nd 2009 | Trouble is I only have two weeks | Thinking of flying to Croatia or somewhere and join the train there, I am hoping someone may have done this route before and can offer some advice Many thanks :)  Mell Mell Post Count: 15347 Msg: #2 36 weeks ago, April 23rd 2009 | Hello Alexa |  I moved this to the Overland and Sea Forum to hopefully get more replies. Mel  Sabah Thorny Stick Alex White Post Count: 4 Msg: #3 36 weeks ago, April 23rd 2009 | I went overland from London to Cairo in 2006, but took six and a half weeks, traveling through Western Europe, Central Europe, the Balkans, Turkey and the Middle East. This still was nowhere near long enough - there's so much to see! The route itself is easy - the only foreplanning you really need is for Syrian and Jordanian visas. | AlexaFollen Alexa Follen Post Count: 3 Msg: #4 36 weeks ago, April 23rd 2009 | thanks mell and Sabah | I am planning to pretty much just do Syria and Jordan as have done the rest - just overnigt etc in the others, any ideas on how much i should put aside for train fares?  ConMel Irish Traveller Post Count: 96 Msg: #5 36 weeks ago, April 23rd 2009 | Hi, I went as far as Syria last summer, went overland (and sea) from Dublin. | If you're set on taking the trains, I presume you're already familier with The Man in Seat 61 As an Irish national, I was able to get my Syrian visa at the border. If you have a Syrian embassy in your home country however, you'll need to get it there, or in advance in Istanbul. European trains are expensive, I ended up paying a good bit for my train journeys, although I got a 10 day interail pass first - from my memory I think Dublin-Istanbul cost something like €400 - thats a rough estimate. Turkish trains are great, they're slow, but the scenery is always great. AlexaFollen Alexa Follen Post Count: 3 Msg: #6 36 weeks ago, April 24th 2009 | Thank you! | That was really useful, think I will skip the expensive trains, take it Turkey and Syria etc are slightly cheaper? ConMel Irish Traveller Post Count: 96 Msg: #7 36 weeks ago, April 24th 2009 | Turkish trains are a bit cheaper, yes. The Turkish bus system is also great. | Everything is cheap in Syria. Number of Users: 4 | Number of Posts: 7 | |||||||||||||||
